Where does “folnu” come from?

folnu (Fala) comes from Old Portuguese forno, from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic fornos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós, from Indo-European *gʷʰer-.

folnu (Fala): oven

Definitions

  1. oven

Ancestry of “folnu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesefornofurnace
2Latinfurnusoven; bakery
3Proto-Italicfornos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰr̥-nós—
5Indo-European*gʷʰer-—
Every word from Indo-European *gʷʰer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós →Every word from Proto-Italic fornos →